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played him at polo, and was a beautifully broken and 

 mouthed one. His success, however, was no little aided 

 by Captain (now Major) Maxwell who was a most 

 finished horseman, and was at that time on H. E. the 

 C.-in-C.'s staff. In 1905, Captain Rennie, of the 19th 

 Hussars, won on a big plain-looking horse named Rivalry. 

 He was a wonderfully consistent performer, and as Captain 

 Rennie rode every ounce of i2st. ylbs., we believe, if not 

 a bit more, he was giving away a good deal of weight 

 to the majority of the field. Mrs. Walker's win on Detec- 

 tive in 1906 intervenes next, and the last two winners 

 have been Mr. Ballantyne on Fairy in 1907, and Captain 

 H. L. Fraser on Diablo in 1908. Mr. Ballantyne is still 

 with us, and is a very plucky rider and a keen supporter 

 of the hunters' races both at Tollygunge and Calcutta. 

 He always goes as straight as a die, and he and old Fairy, 

 who is still far from past her best, are the very closest of 

 friends. We shall, no doubt, see them in successful part- 

 nership for some time to come. Captain Fraser who won 

 last year, had a tremendous battle with Captain Fitzgerald 

 who rode Fermoy for this Cup, and up to almost the last 

 chase the chances seemed very level. Then Fermoy made 

 a mistake and fell, and Captain Fraser adding yet another 

 point to his score the week after that, eventually won with 

 a small margin. That Captain Fraser deserved his win 

 no one can deny, for he rode very hard and with excellent 

 nerve. On one occasion he got a fall two fences from 

 home, but picked himself up and managed, even then, to 

 finish second. Captain Fraser is a son of our late 

 Lieutenant Governor, Sir Andrew Fraser, and was formerly 

 in the loth Hussars, but has now gone to the Indian Army 

 and joined the 33rd Cavalry. His good horse Diablo, on 

 whom he once won the Rawal Pindi Grand National, is 

 certain to be heard of again ere long in soldiers' steeple- 

 chases, at any rate we sincerely hope so ! This brings us 



